Horseshoe.



F. A. HOOVER.

HORSE-SHOE.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 13, 1914.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Witness Inventor Attorneys @FFIQ I;

HORS-ESH'OE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Application filed May 13, 1914;. Serial No. 838,404.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK A. Hoovnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockton, in the county of Glearfield and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Horseshoe, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a removable calk adapted to be applied to a horse shoe.

One object of the present invention is to provide a call: which may readily be mounted upon a standard form of shoe without working material changes in the shoe.

Another object of the invention is to provide a calk which may be attached and detached readily.

It is within the scope of the invention to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 shows in bottom plan, a horse shoe equipped with the devices constituting the subject matter of this application; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a fragmental cross section taken through the toe of the shoe and illustrating particularly the means whereby the blade portion of the calk is interlocked with the shoe; Fig. 4: is a fragmental top plan showing the heel of the shoe; Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line 55 of Fig. 4:, the heel calks, however being omitted and Fig. 5 illustrating the cross sectional contour of the shoe proper; Fig. 6 is a cross section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4: and including the heel calks. Fig. 7 is a sectional detail showing a modified form of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing there is shown a shoe 1. In its toe portion, and in its inner and outer edges, the shoe 1 is provided with recesses 2, the walls of which converge toward the top of the shoe. The calk includes a pair of clips 3 comprising shoe 1 adjacent the toe.

loop shaped heads t which fit in the recesses, the upper surfaces of the heads A being flush with the upper surface of the shoe 1. Between the clips 8 and abutting against the lower face of the shoe 1 is a blade 5, shown in clearest outline in Fig. 8. Along its lower edge, the blade 5 may be sharpened slightly, as shown at 6. It is to be understood distinctly, that the lower edge of the blade 6 may be fashioned in any desired manner it being common and well understood in the art that in the winter time, the gripping edge of a calk must be fashioned differently from what will be required if the calk is to be used in the summer time. Further, the shape of the gripping edge of the call: will be determined by the character of the pavement upon which the device is to be used. Generally considered, the blade 5 may be of any desired form. Along its upper edge, the blade 5 is equipped with lugs 7 adapted to register in openings 7 formed in the under face of the The blade 5 lies between the clips 3. A securing element, such as a bolt and nut structure 8 passes through the clips 3 and through the blade 5. This securing element 8 exercises two functions. First, it serves as a means whereby the clips 3 are assembled with the inner and outer edges of the shoe 1 and secondly, the securing element 8 serves as a means whereby the blade 5 is held in place between the clips 3.

So far as the heel calks are concerned, recesses 9 are formed in the inner and outer edges of the shoe 1, adjacent its heels, the opposed walls of the recesses 9 slanting upwardly, in converging relation toward the top of the shoe, as indicated at 10. The heel call: comprises opposed parts 11 provided with fingers 12 which fit closely in the recesses 9 and engage the converging walls 10. The opposed parts 11 of the heel calk are united by a securing element 14: such as a bolt and nut structure. The securing element 14: exercises the double function hereinbefore attributed to the securing element 8. If desired, the constituent parts of the heel calk may be tapered adjacent their lower ends as shown at 15. The gripping portions of the heel calk, however, as hereinbefore outlined, may be varied without jeopardizing the utility of the invention.

In Fig. 7 of the drawing, the toe portion of the shoe is shown at 100 and the clips are shown at 101, the numeral 102 indicating the blade or calk. In this form of the invention, a screw 103 passes without threading through one of the clips 101 and through the blade 102 and is threaded into the other clip 101. Two of these screws 103 may be employed if deemed expedient. It will be entirely obvious to any skilled mechanic that a screw, such as shown at 103 may be employed in the place of the bolt 1 1 to hold the heel calk parts 11 in place vas shown in Fig. 6.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a shoe provided with a recess in its lower face; a blade including a lug registering in the recess; opposed members located upon opposite sides of the blade and engaging the edges of the shoe; and a securing element passing through the blade and terminally mounted in the opposed members.

2. A horse shoe call: embodying opposed members provided with shoe receiving recesses; a blade located between the opposed members; and an adjustable securing device passing through the blade and terminally mounted in the opposed members, the securing device constituting the sole means for drawing the opposed members together and for uniting the opposed members and for uniting the blade positively with the Y opposed members.

3. In a device of the class described, a shoe provided with recesses in its lower face; a blade including lugs registering in the recesses; opposed members located upon opposite sides of the blade and engaging the edges of the shoe; and a securing element passing through the blade and terminally mounted in the opposed members.

l. In a device of the class described, a shoe having recesses in its inner and outer edges, the walls of the recesses converging toward the upper face of the shoe, the shoe being provided in its under face with an opening; a pair of opposed members abutting against the bottom of the shoe and including fingers engaged in the recesses; a blade located between the said opposed members and provided with a lug registering in the opening; and .a securing element passing through the blade and terminally mounted in the said opposed members.-

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK A. HOOVER.

Witnesses EVERETT WELTY, HENRY TUBBS.

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Washington, D. O. 

